March 2023

Chicago man gets 54-year sentence for raping his 91-year-old neighbor while on parole

March 3, 2023 6:10 AM CWBChicago

A Cook County judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 54 years in prison for raping and violently attacking his 91-year-old neighbor while on parole in 2019

18-year-old charged with killing Chicago Police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso

March 2, 2023 7:33 PM CWBChicago

An 18-year-old man was charged Thursday evening with shooting and killing Chicago Police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso in Gage Park, according to a CPD media statement.

New details of ‘Puffy Coat Bandits’ emerge as prosecutors formally charge ‘ringleader’

March 2, 2023 5:00 PM CWBChicago

New details were revealed about the unfortunately-named “Puffy Coat Bandit” restaurant theft crew as prosecutors charged a man identified as a group leader with four counts of felony theft from persons in Chicago.

Woman rejects probation, gets 4 years for pushing CTA passenger from Chicago Red Line platform

March 2, 2023 11:02 AM CWBChicago

Nearly a year after she pleaded guilty, then withdrew her plea, a Chicago woman has been sentenced for pushing a stranger onto the Chicago-State Red Line tracks in an apparently random attack.

Man who allegedly killed a Chicago police officer Wednesday was arrested last summer, but prosecutors rejected felony charges

March 2, 2023 3:35 AM CWBChicago

The man who allegedly shot and killed a Chicago police officer on Wednesday was arrested last summer after running from a car that had just been used in a shooting. Prosecutors rejected all felony charges police sought against him.

Drive-by leaves 15-year-old injured in Uptown

March 1, 2023 5:52 PM CWBChicago

A 15-year-old boy is in good condition after being shot during a drive-by in Uptown on Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police.

Video released of fatal Chicago police shooting in Irving Park last month

March 1, 2023 3:45 PM CWBChicago

Chicago’s police oversight agency, COPA, released body-worn camera footage of CPD officers’ fatal shooting of Isidro Valverde in Irving Park last month.

Chicago man robs woman in wheelchair — while on probation for mugging a 90-year-old

March 1, 2023 2:43 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a Chicago man on probation for mugging a 90-year-old man robbed a woman who was seated in a wheelchair in Uptown this week.

Armored car guard shot during robbery attempt in Chicago

March 1, 2023 1:39 PM CWBChicago

An armored car guard was shot during a robbery outside a Chicago fast food restaurant on Tuesday afternoon. Now, the FBI is asking for help as they try to track down the holdup crew.

Group mugs man in River North as Chicago police warn of similar attacks in the Loop

September 24, 2023 4:13 AM

A man was attacked and robbed by four men as he walked in River North early Saturday, Chicago police said.

CTA pickpocket gets probation, one of the lightest sentences he’s received since 1985

September 23, 2023 7:28 PM

A Chicago man with a decades-long criminal history who pleaded guilty Friday to pickpocketing three women on the CTA was sentenced to a year of probation, among the lightest sentences he’s received since the Reagan administration.

Venmo robbery: Man forced victim to surrender phone near Wrigley Field, transferred $3,000 to himself, prosecutors say

September 23, 2023 7:23 PM

Prosecutors have charged a Hazel Crest man with robbery for allegedly forcing a man to surrender his phone near Wrigley Field and then Venmoing himself money from the victim’s account.